Washington Business Journal: Sports betting is coming to the District
The D.C. Council gave final approval to legislation to fast-track sports betting in the District, something that will likely open sports gambling by the start of the NFL season.
WAMU: D.C. Sprints Towards Legal Sports Betting With Final Vote On Bill
Residents and visitors could be casting legal wagers on sports in D.C. as soon as this fall, putting the city among the first adopters of sports betting in the country and far ahead of both Maryland and Virginia.
Curbed: Judiciary Square could become a D.C. historic district under new proposal
The nonprofit D.C. Preservation League (DCPL) wants to have roughly 71 acres in Judiciary Square—the Northwest neighborhood housing local and federal courthouses—classified as a historic district. The Historic Preservation Office announced…
Washington Post: D.C. Council rejects reprieve for students ineligible for School Without Walls
D.C. lawmakers Tuesday rejected an effort to provide a reprieve to hundreds of students who applied to one of the city’s most selective public high schools but were disqualified because of a mistake by city officials.
WAMU: Bowser Thaws On Funding Fort Dupont Ice Rink Renovations
It appears that D.C.’s only full-size public indoor ice rink will be getting a much-needed facelift after all.
Norton Requests Information from Federal Bureau of Prisons to Ensure D.C. Inmates Receive Equal…
Contact: Raven Reeder
February 19, 2019
Norton Requests Information from Federal Bureau of Prisons to Ensure D.C. Inmates Receive Equal Treatment
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…
Allen reintroduces bills expanding open captions movies, expanding employer-paid parking benefits to…
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February 19, 2019
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Allen reintroduces bills expanding open captions movies, expanding employer-paid parking benefits to all transit
Today, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles…
Norton Introduces Bill to Protect LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights in D.C. from Federal Attack
Contact: Raven Reeder
February 19, 2019
Norton Introduces Bill to Protect LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights in D.C. from Federal Attack
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will introduce…
UrbanTurf: Where Target is Taking Over DC
More than a decade after Target opened its first DC location in Columbia Heights, four additional outposts of the retail outlet are in the pipeline. Below, UrbanTurf takes a look at where those new locations are headed.
Curbed: D.C. moves to keep cars, including Ubers and delivery trucks, out of bike lanes
Planning officials are advancing stricter public-space regulations under the city’s Vision Zero initiative
WTOP: Sports betting coming to DC
WASHINGTON — Sports betting is coming to the District as soon as this fall.
Washington Business Journal: Atlas Brew Works to open second location near Nationals Park
Northeast D.C.’s Atlas Brew Works is opening a second location, this one in the Navy Yard neighborhood near Nationals Park.
City Paper: Controversial Bowser Pal Is Keynote Speaker at the University of D.C.’s Founders’ Day…
Councilmembers object to Joshua Lopez's prominent new gig and his style of divisive politics.
DCist: D.C. Quietly Banned Biking With Headphones This Year
The prohibition on plastic straws drew most of the attention, but the new year also began with a more under-the-radar ban: biking with headphones.
Tatiana Robinson: The start of a new era in DCPS
My career as a DC Public Schools (DCPS) student will come to an end in June once I complete my senior year of high school. Having grown up in the school system, I have been encouraged by the progress we have made and discouraged by the…
District Links: Top three education officials all studied at same leadership academy; council to…
Good Tuesday morning. The top three education leaders in DC all have something in common: They went through billionaire Eli Broad educational leadership program.
WAMU: Using Corporate Methods To Promote Equity In Schools? Broad Scholars Take Over The D.C. Public…
The top three educational leaders in the District of Columbia all have one thing in common: they’ve all studied under a wealthy philanthropist’s educational leadership program that promotes a business perspective in the management of…
WAMU: What’s The True Cost Of Dollar Stores? Report Finds Minority Residents, Small Towns Pay The…
Dollar stores are wedged into nearly every nook and cranny of the Washington metropolitan area. More than 100 of them are located within a 25-mile radius — and there are plans for more. Since 2011, Dollar General and Dollar Tree, which…
UrbanTurf: Planned Creative Office Project in Adams Morgan Hits the Market
Nearly two years ago, creative agency Maga Design unveiled plans to convert an alley-fronting garage in Adams Morgan into office space for the firm. Now, that project is for sale.
WAMU: See How Washingtonians Lived In The 1940s
Photographer Gordon Parks captured quotidian moments in the lives of the District's working class.